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PINA COLADA CHEESECAKE Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
3/4 cup sugar
1 can (6-oz.) Dole Pineapple Juice
3 eggs, separated
3 (8-oz.) pks. cream cheese, softened
1/4 tsp. cup dark Jamaican Rum or 2 tsp. rum
extract
1/4 tsp. coconut extract
1 can (20-oz.) crushed pineapple, undrained
1 tbsp. cornstarch

Coconut Crust:
1 1/2 cups vanilla wafers crumbs
1 cup flaked cocoanut
1/3 cups melted butter
Directions:
Directions:
Prepare crust first.
Mix wafer crumbs with coconut. Stir in butter.
Press in bottom and sides of 8 or 9" spring form pan. Chill until ready to use.

Mix gelatin and 1/2 cup sugar in sauce pan. Add pineapple juice. Stand 1 minute. Heat over low until gelatin dissolves (5 minutes). Remove from heat. Add yolks, one at a time, beat well after each. Cool slightly.

Beat cream cheese until fluffy. Blend in gelatin mixture with rum and coconut extract. Chill quickly by setting mixture over bowl of ice water: stir until slightly thickened.

Beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add 1/4 cup sugar until stiff, peak form. Fold into gelatin. Turn into prepared crust. Refrigerate overnight.

In a saucepan, combine undrained pinnacle with 2 tab's. sugar and cornstarch. Cook, stir until boils and thickens. Cool. Spoon over cheese cake.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
Makes 8 to 10 servings

 

 

 

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